Creative landscape lighting ideas

If you feel like your Scottsdale landscape is missing something, it could have to do with lighting. Well designed residential or commercial landscape lighting can take a basic yard and make it dynamic and interesting, highlighting the best parts of your landscape design and hiding the parts you would rather not display. Here are some ideas for lighting up your own Scottsdale landscape!

Highlight Your Yard’s Best Features

 Every landscape has a good side, whether it is at home or in a commercial setting. Residential and commercial landscape lighting can elevate your yard’s greatest features into something even more stunning.

Think about the property and what naturally stands out. Maybe you have a great sculpture, a cozy seating area, or a strikingly beautiful plant. Whatever it is, you can use lighting to attract attention in that direction.

Pole style landscape lighting casts a dramatic spotlight down onto whatever is below it, while uplights placed on the ground create a different kind of flair. You can even choose different colors of lights to add something extra.

Make Landscape Lighting Functional, Too

Lighting can add depth and interest to your yard but it can also play a functional role. Think about your yard at night — what would make it easier to see, and navigate? You can install lights along pathways to help people find their way in the dark, for instance, and ensure that any entryways and exits have adequate lighting.

This helps keep your yard safe, both for the people trying to navigate it, and as a deterrent to would be criminals who prefer a pitch black environment to prowl.

Hiding Lights During the Day

A good Scottsdale landscape lighting design keeps the wires and infrastructure hidden when the sun is out. A qualified expert landscaper can help you set up a lighting system that shines at night while remaining unobtrusive during the day. Unless the light fixtures themselves are decorative, you probably want people to notice the lighting, not the cables and bulbs, so it is a good idea to find creative ways to tuck lights away.

This also has the added bonus of making your lighting feel like it is truly part of your Scottsdale landscape, instead of an after thought sloppily added in after the fact. The best landscape lighting designs appear to be part of the yard!